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April 11, 2014 (Pietermaritzburg, South Africa) – The UCI World Cup Series is kicking off the 2014 season in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa this weekend with round one in the DH and XCO disciplines. We have the qualification results from today’s DH qualifiers to decide who will advance to Saturday’s final.

Canada’s Micayla Gatto (Can) Pivot Factory DH Team was 10th and Casey Brown (Can) Bergamont Hayes World Team stopped the clock in 11th in women’s qualifying. They are the only two Canucks competing in the DH this weekend. Both move on to tomorrow’s finals. Top qualifier in the women’s competition was Manon Carpenter (Gbr) Madison Saracen Factory Team.

Defending Elite Men’s series champion, Canadian wunderkind Steve Smith (Can) Devinci Global Racing, will not be racing this weekend, as he was sidelined by an injury this winter and is still recovering.